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Joss Stone is officially a mom of four!
Stone, 38, announced the birth of her daughter, Nalima Rose, in an Instagram post shared on Monday, June 16. The Grammy winner shared a cozy photo of herself snuggling her newborn daughter. The caption read, “Happy #mummymondays . Welcome our beautiful Nalima Rose to the world. we are so in love 🥰.”
Nalima Rose is Stone and her husband Cody DaLuz’s fourth child. The pair welcomed their first daughter, Violet, in 2021, and also share son, Shackleton, 2. The couple additionally adopted their third child, son Bear, in 2024.
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Stone previously opened up to PEOPLE about the couple’s adoption journey.
“It’s so amazing to actually finally be here, to have him here, because we have wanted to adopt for so long,” the singer told PEOPLE in December 2024, adding, “When I first met Cody, that was what we spoke about in the first few weeks of us talking.”
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“And then, we got that call… and it’s just the most beautiful thing. He’s so sweet and his birth mother is so sweet,” she said. “She could not be any nicer. It’s just like everything is perfect. We haven’t got to deal with a difficult situation. It’s all love. Everyone is just full of love for this little guy.”
Stone and DaLuz announced her pregnancy with Nalima Rose shortly following their adoption of Bear. A Dec. 19, 2024, Instagram video titled “The one where mummy finds out,” showed the “Loving You” singer holding up a positive pregnancy test, mouth agape as she cheered.
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“Honestly. Shocked was an understatement 😂,” Stone captioned the post at the time. “Nothing and no one can take our joy now. We are so chuffed !!!! Maybe we should call the ‘Less is More’ tour the preggo tour 😆 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.”
The “Super Duper Love” singer wed DaLuz in 2023 in a Nashville ceremony.